Future of a nation depends on the development of children. ''Child development'' in its diverse aspects is elaborately discussed in the Present Encyclopaedia. Organised in five volumes, the first volume of the encyclopaedia contain information on ''Principles of Child Development. Child Development Counselling'' is the theme on which learned articles are collated in the volume second. Volume three consists of useful and authoritative material on Nutrition and Health for Child Development. Teaching Methodology and Child Development is the major theme of volume four. Volume five of the encyclopaedia is devoted to Development of lnteractive Abilities in Children. All the articles are judiciously selected from authoritative sources. Students, teachers, researchers, administrators, policy Planners and professionals from different stream of academic disciplines will find this encyclopaedia informative and useful.